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ZETAS

When I was a kid back in the last 1970s there was a time when I had violently blood and horrific nightmares and for many years even into the '80s a character would surface in my nightmares from time to time. I called them ZETAS!

Having never heard anyone so openly speak of such things, my youngest grandson inquired, “Grandfather, what are Eldrens, Yantuks and... Zetas?” His mother’s face turned cold as I instructed the boy in the lore that had orally come down to me; she left the room.

The most devious of creatures were the Eldren. They are shape-shifters who pride themselves in being half deer and half elf. They lay in waiting for unwary travelers with their spell enchantments of deceit and forgetfulness for those who stumble upon their woods. The Yantuks are half men, half birdlike creatures that feast upon the flesh of disobedient children who come up missing in the night answering the exhausted prayers of frustrated crying parents who have lost their patience! But the Zetas, they are the most hideous beast among the animal kingdom. After a longer pause my grandson dared to asked, “Grandfather… What did the Zetas look like?”My own eyes widened at the request as fear overcame my own heart in trying to answer my grandson.